Choo choo choo

Saw some of this on the PBS fundraising channel this morning.  Realized/recalled that I love big band swing.  In 2 parts.  Watch both.  8 minutes of awesomeness.

Hey! Lookit me! I'm on stage!

In a Mamet play.  Come check it out and tell me I was fabulous even if I wasn't.  Thank you.

DAMN!

I played trumpet in high school and don't anymore.  But it gave me a special appreciation for trumpet playing that has lasted all my life.  

I don't know anyone who hasn't at some point in their life enjoyed riding a bicycle and I think maybe that's why everyone will love this. 

Knowing the instrument, even a little, helps you appreciate the mastery of it by someone else. And this guy is a master.  A two-wheeled magician.

Jonathan Schipper

Another artist I really believe.  Visit his site, see his work, visit his show at Pierogi.  This piece below, "Measuring angst", is mesmerizing and spectacularly, impossibly beautiful.

A smile on my face

This (via Swiss Miss)  just put a big smile on my face.  Dirty little nerd secret: I've always had a soft spot for a capella singing groups small and large: the Manhattan Transfer, Take 6, barbershop quartets, glee clubs, choirs and choruses, Bobby McFerrin, Al Jarreau.

Who figures this stuff out?

Really?  How does one stumble upon information such as this?

Gather the kids.

Gather 'em up around the old iMac and check this out; it's good, cleanish family fun.  

Dog Malfunction

Mother's Day gift idea

For the mom in your life.  I swear I know a mom in Woodstock who wears that vest every day to pick up her kids at school.

Nick Cave, not that Nick Cave

I saw this work online a while back and it keeps popping into my head.  Beautifully unusual stuff. 

You can see more of it here: on the Jack Shainman Gallery website and here in a short video about the artist: